Chatter meaning

What does “chatter” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“chatter” is a noun and verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: noisy talk.

chatter

noisy talk
Synonymsyak yack yakety-yak cackle
the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
Synonymschattering
the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or monkeys)
Synonymschattering

click repeatedly or uncontrollably
“Chattering teeth”
Synonymsclick
cut unevenly with a chattering tool
talk socially without exchanging too much information
“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”
Synonymschew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chit-chat chaffer
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonymspiffle palaver prate tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle
make noise as if chattering away
“The magpies were chattering in the trees”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University